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James Harden blocked the Oklahoma Thunder’s decisive attack and led the Houston Rockets to the semifinals of the NBA Western Conference.
Man of the match
The Houston team in a very persistent decisive quarterfinal game 104: 102 (29:30, 32:29, 24:21, 19:22) broke the Thunder and won the series 4-3.
In the semifinals, the Rockets will face the Los Angeles Lakers, who have faced the Portland Trail Blazers.
4.8 seconds before the end of the game, Harden blocked Luguentzo Dorto’s long shot and the latter lost the ball. So the Thunder fell behind 102: 103.
Robert Covington 1.4 seconds left. scored a fine.
James Harden broke the rules when Oklahoma threw the ball and Danilo Gallinari missed a free throw but missed the goal. In the last 1.1 sec. Houston basketball players took the ball and celebrated the victory and advanced to the next round.
The leader of the winning team, Harden, scored 17 points in 37 minutes and scored just 1 triple of 9 attempts. He also made 5 errors, but assisted 9 times and blocked 3 shots, 2 of which were in the final 4.5 minutes.
“It was an attack in one of those games, so I wanted to replace the game with my defense. I think that’s what I did, “said Harden, who admitted he played very poorly in attack.
With 4.5 minutes remaining, the score was 99:99, and in the remaining time the Thunder scored 1 of 9 and made 3 errors. During this stretch, the Rockets hit 2 shots of 8 and turned the ball over twice.
In the ranks of the losers, Chris Paul picked up a triple-double. The player scored 19 points (2/5 doubles, 3/6 trip, 6/6 penalties) in 40 minutes, made 12 assists and bounced 11 balls.
James harden
| Position: | SG, PG |
| Years: | 31 |
| Height: | 196 cm |
| Weight: | 100 kilograms |
| Place of birth: | Los Angeles, USA |
“It just came to our knowledge then. We wrestled all year long. A lot of people doubted us, but we didn’t doubt ourselves. We didn’t care about other people’s predictions before the series,” Paul said.
With 30 points (4/9 dvit., 6/12 trit., 4/6 penalties), Luguentz Dort, 21 years old and 193 cm tall, reached the record of his career in the NBA.
Dort became the third basketball player in NBA history to score at least 25 points in Game 7 of the series when he was 21 or younger. Before that, only Kobe Bryant and LeBron James had it.
Rockets: Eric Gordon (5/9 trit.), Robert Covington (6/11 trit., 10 sec.) After 21, Russell Westbrook 20 (9 rev.), James Harden 17 (4/15 pitches, 9th ed. ), Jeff Green 13.
Thunder: Luguentz Dort 30 (6/12 trit.), Chris Paul (11 sec., 12 res.) And Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after 19, Dennis Schroder 12, Steven Adams 10 (9 rep.).
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